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• drums are very dry
• contrasted against slow decaying ‘strings’ and synths

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. very dry percussion contrasted against slow decaying ‘strings’ and synths
2. one note piano climax (a la Police’s ‘every breath you take’)

• groovy fast beat, contrasted with slow feel of track
• off beat gtr line – one note repeating on triplets (one note picked out of an arpeggio)

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. (one note picked out of an arpeggio) – maybe use delays
2. fast percussion contrasted with slow feel of track

• gorgeous melody and lyric
• also wordless falsetto backing vocal
• intro is rich, featuring backwards sounds of some sort
• then strips back for first verse, bass enters
• drums very dry
• vox have big verb

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. wordless falsetto backing vocal
2. backwards sounds as rhythm

• distorted gtr riff, fast track
• drums and bass join, and vox
• twin gtrs (harmonies?) join, hard panned
• chorus: riff stops but bass and drums continue, riff replaced by long notes (organ ish)
• change; verbed long guitar notes, vox gets more frantic
• come down; back to riff but subdued, distorted vox chants ‘ma, ma, ma, ma’
• builds to climax ‘I’ve seen it coming!’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. fast track with a funky riff
2. twin gtrs, hard panned, complimenting parts (a la AC/DC ‘long way to the top’)

• 5/4
• funky beat, distorted kik, and handclaps
• vox enters
• gtr lead line, hard left enters. plus bass
• use of ride cymbal to fill out next section
• bridge to 2nd verse, distant wordless backing vox
• children cheering as ‘cymbal splash’
• heavy verb on lead vox for a moment
• backwards verb heavy organ solo
• bass gets really busy

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. 5/4
2. recognisable sound effect playing typical musical role (ie. children cheering as’ cymbal splash’)